Ward Connerly let loose on some of the hysteria over the Brown verdict. Former University of California regent Ward Connerly lashed out on Sunday at University of California, Irvine after the school held a “healing, grieving, and support” counseling session in the wake of a Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown. “If they really wanted to have a teachable moment of understanding the facts of the case as they were presented to the grand jury, that would be one thing,” Connerly told Fox. “But this isn’t about processing facts. It’s about processing the emotions of what you have been told about the case.” Connerly said that the school’s decision to hold a grief counseling session instead of legal lessons related to the case shows that the school rejects the version of events presented to the grand jury. Connerly also questioned why students in California need grief counseling for an event that happened halfway across the country. “What’s surprising to me is how individuals 2,000 miles away can somehow get really emotionally attached to this verdict, which leads me to believe it is somewhat make-believe,” Connerly added. “The notion that they can get all riled up to the extent that they need psychological help is really pushing the envelope.” It’s pushing the envelope because they needed psychological help all along. Or rather they’re emotionally immature products of helicopter parenting with no emotional controls and no limits on their self-esteem. They don’t deal in facts. Rationality mediates emotional responses. And that has left the building at most colleges today as much as any place in Iraq or Pakistan. Nobody has any perspective. Nobody believes in objectivity. There are no more filters and constant tantrums. Grief counseling is not really about grief now, it’s about calming down upset overgrown toddlers.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:15:49 +0000
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